Improvement of Problematic Soils with Biopolymer—An Environmentally Friendly Soil Stabilizer

AbstractProblematic soils with high compressibility and low shear strength are often treated with traditional chemical stabilizing additives such as cement and lime to improve their engineering pro...

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